**Description:** A medium-sized woodpecker with a messy black, white, and red pattern and a distinct white stripe along the folded wing.
**Size:** 7 to 8.5 inches long.
**Sexual Dimorphism:** Males have a red forehead and throat; females have a red forehead but a white throat.
**Behavior:** Drills neat, horizontal rows of "sap wells" into tree trunks to feed on sugary sap and the insects it attracts.
**Habitat:** Mixed forests throughout the plateau.